Short Story Unit BUNDLE

Are you looking to plan your short story unit? Have you been teaching short stories for years and looking to find some fresh new resources? This bundle contains resources and materials to help you make it an engaging, thorough unit of study!

Contents:

1) Sample Unit Plan (free bonus):

A detailed 5-week sample plan explaining how you can break down your teaching of multiple stories, key literary elements, literary analysis writing, and discussion skills.

2) Student Workbooks Pages:

Pre- and post- reading graphic organisers which can be used with ANY short stories; can be printed as a booklet or used as individual graphic organiser pages.

3) Short Story Task Card Stations:

Students often deepen their understanding through discussion and exploration. These stations and task cards can help fascilitate that process by having students move around the classroom as they explore the literary elements of the chosen short story. At each station, students will be guided by 6 individual task cards for discussion.

4) Assignments and Tasks:

Looking for new and innovative ways for students to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of short stories? These 6 varied tasks will provide you, and your students, with choice and differentiation.

5) Resources for Individual Short Stories: Included are lesson plan ideas, detailed worksheets, & quizzes for 10 engaging stories:

• Thank You Ma'am by Langston Hughes
• The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant
• The Possibility of Evil by Shirley Jackson
• The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell
• The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin
• Dead Men's Path by Chinua Achebe
• Rules of the Game by Amy Tan
• The Fly by Katherine Mansfield
• Marigolds by Eugenia Collier
• Borders by Thomas King

For a FREE sample of the individual short story resources, download HERE.